Jermaine Gresham (18)
The Mackey Award is presented to the best tight end in the country. Last season, Missouri’s Chase Coffman walked away the winner. Coffman was selected in the third round of the 2009 NFL draft by the Cincinnati Bengals.
The nominees for the 10th annual Mackey Award watch list are:
Jeffrey Anderson (JR. 6’2 255 lbs.) UAB
Jake Ballard (SR. 6’6 256 lbs.) Ohio State
Greg Boone (SR. 6’3 287 lbs.) Virginia Tech
Nate Byham (SR. 6’3 255 lbs.) Pittsburgh
Jeff Cottam (SR. 6’8 260 lbs.) Tennessee
Ed Dickson (SR. 6’5 240 lbs.) Oregon
Richard Dickson (SR. 6’3 246 lbs.) LSU
TC Drake (SR. 6’6 242 lbs) Kentucky
Charlie Gantt (JR. 6’4 245 lbs.) Mich St
Riar Geer (SR. 6’4 250 lbs.) Colorado
Garrett Graham (SR. 6’4 248 lbs.) Wisconsin
Jermaine Gresham (SR. 6’6 261 lbs.) Oklahoma
Rob Gronkowski (JR. 6’6 265 lbs.) Arizona
Aaron Hernandez (JR. 6’2 250 lbs.) Florida
Mike Hoomanawanui (SR. 6’5 270 lbs.) Illinois
Blaine Irby JR Texas*
Jeron Mastrud (SR. 6’6 253 lbs.) Kansas St
Anthony McCoy (SR. 6’5 255 lbs.) USC
Mike McNeill (JR. 6’4 240 lbs.) Nebraska
Tony Moeaki (JR. 6’4 250 lbs.) Iowa
Ryan Moya (SR. 6’3 247 lbs.) UCLA
Logan Paulsen (SR. 6’6 268 lbs.) UCLA
Dennis Pitta (SR. 6’5 248 lbs.) BYU
Andrew Quarless (JR. 6’5 253 lbs.) Penn St
Kyle Rudolph (SO. 6’6 258 lbs.) Notre Dame
Weslye Saunders (JR. 6’5 280 lbs.) South Carolina
Cody Slate (JR. 6’4 220 lbs.) Marshall
Tommy Trott (SR. 6’5 237 lbs.) Auburn
DJ Williams (JR. 6’2 251 lbs.) Arkansas
Ben Wooster (SR. 6’5 235 lbs.) Wake Forest
* Not sure why Irby is on the list, as Texas’ projected starting tight end Blaine Irby will miss the upcoming season as he recovers from a dislocated right knee injury sustained early last season.
The TEs with the best shot of actually winning: Jermaine Gresham (Oklahoma), Andrew Quarless (PSU), or Anthony McCoy (USC).
